Agrotera coelatalis

Agrotera coelatalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agrotera
Species: A. coelatalis
Binomial name
Agrotera coelatalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Nistra coelatalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys proximalis Walker, 1866

Agrotera coelatalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Borneo, Sumbawa and Sulawesi.[2]

The wings are pale yellow with two brown lines. The forewings are partly brownish along the costa with a diffuse purplish tinge in the disc and metallic-purple at the base. The hindwings are metallic-purple at the tips and a metallic-purple patch on each side of the interior angle.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 488


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